Steam gang-plow



E. PENNEY.

STEAM GANG PLOW.

N0 ModeU Patented Apr. 21 1885.

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, EDGAR PENNEY, OF WAYNESBOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEAM GANG-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,389, dated April21, 1885.

Application filed October 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR PENNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waynesborough, in the county of Franklin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SteamGang-Blows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that type of steam gang-plows wherein adiagonal gang of plows is mounted on a separate frame,which frame isconnected with a traction-engine.

My improvement consists of certain combinations of mechanical devices,which combinations are specifically pointed out in the claims at theclose of this specification, and the practical application and modusoperandi of which are clearly set forth in the following detaileddescription,aided by the annexed drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing so. much of the greater part of myimproved steam gangplow as will suffice to make plain the application ofthese parts of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,showing some parts omitted from Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of theloose hanger on the traction-engine and the forward portion of one ofthe beams of the plow-frame supported therein. Figs. 4 and 5 illustratemodifications of the manner of supporting the front end of theplow-frame, which modifications will be explained at the close of thedescription of the machine illustrated in the first three figures.

The same letters of reference indicate identical parts in all thefigures.

The plow-frame consists of the rear diagonal hitching-beam, A, the sidebeam, A, and the cross-beam A It is designed to be drawn by thetraction-engine, through the medium of suitable draw-bars or chains, BB, connecting the cross-beam A with fixed parts of such engine. Therearmost end, at the junction of the hitching-beam and side beam, issupported upon acaster-wheel, G. The forward end of the plow-frame issupported on the traction-engine in the following manner: The side beam,A,

projects beyond the cross-beam A, outside of the adjacent traction-wheelof the engine, and v terminates with a round metal bar, a, which entersa bearing of a hanger, D, mounted loose either on the outer end of therear axle of the tractionengine, as shown by full lines in Fig.- 1, oron afixed stud projecting from the frame of such engine, as shown bydotted lines in Fig. 1. The forward end of the hitching-beam A issuspended from the lower end of a suspension-rod, E, hung on acrane-post, E, which reaches from the frame of the traction-engine,

to which it is properly secured, over the adjacent'traction-wheelthereof, as clearly shown.

The suspension-rod E isscrew-threaded at its upper end for the receptionof the internallyscrew-threaded hub of a hand-wheel, E, by

which it may be adj usted on the crane-post so as to raise or lower thisside of the plow-frame,

as may be required. 7 The hitching-beam A is trussed, substantially asdescribed and claimed in my application for United States Patent filedOctober 14, 1884, hearing Serial number 145, 491. Each one of thediagonal gang of plows is hitched to this trussed diagonal hitching-beamin the following manner: The forward end of the plow-beam is pivoted toa draw-head, F,.which maybe constructed of two bars suitably united, soas to form ahead at the rear end for receiving and guiding the plow-beambetween its cheeks, and spread apart at the forward end to form a forkedshank for embracing the cross-head of I a sleeve,G, which is so mountedon a strut, a, of the trussed hitching-beam that it may be slid up anddown thereon, and to the cross-headof which sleeve the shank of thedraw-head is pivoted. Sleeve G is connected by a vertical link,

draw-head F. The horizontal arm of this elr00 bow-lever I carries awhee1,K, designed to run on the ground and act as a gage-wheel for theforward end of the plow.

The arms of levers H and I are so proportioned as to relative lengthsthat the front ends of the plows may be adjusted up and down, while theposition of the gage-wheel K with reference to the main frame or plowframeis maintained unchanged. I prefer to use a separate lever, H, andtrain of adjusting devices for each plow, so that each plow may beadjusted independently; but where a simul-' taneous adjustment of theplows is deemed sufiicient the levers H may all be secured to a singleshaft, taking the place of the separate fulcrum-pins h, and the shaftoperated by a single handle, h.

Any suitable hoist and tackle may be applied to afford means forliftingthe plows clear of the ground but the individual ropes or chainsconnected directly with the plows or their'sadjuncts are applied in thefollowing manner: The individual rope or chain Z of each plow isfastened at one end to the hitchingbeam A, from which it passes under asheavepulley,l", mounted on the draw-head F, through a guide-eye, Z onthe plowbeam, under a sheave-pulley, Z", on the rear end of theplowb'eam, and finally up to the hoisting-rig that may be used. The ropeis provided with a knot or stop-collar, Z, between the sheave-pulley Zand guide-eye P. In hoisting the plows out of the ground theropeslwillrenderthrough guide-eyes Z and be shortened up between saideyes and their points of attachment to the hitching-beam, so as to tiltup the front ends of the plows until thestop-collar Z strikes the eye 2?After that the rope Z will lift the rear ends of the plows. It will beunderstood that 'the preliminary lifting of the front ends of the plowshas the effect of giving their shares an upward pitch, causing them torun out of the soil as the plows are drawn forward.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the side 7 bar, A, is supporteduponawheel, L, disconnected from the traction-engine, substantially asdescribed in my application for United.

States Patent filed October 14, 1884, Serial number 145,486; and in themodification shown in Fig. 5 such a supporting-wheel mounted on anextension of the hitching-beam A is substituted from the crane-post Eand its hanger E.

I regard the use of a single wheel, as L, for supporting the forward endof the plow-frame, otherwise coupled to the traction-engine,as anequivalent of the use of two such wheels, in the broad sense, as setforth and claimed in the aforesaid application No. 145,486

of a gang-plow supported at its rear end on a caster-wheel, the loosehanger for suspending the forward end of said plow-frame at one sidefrom said engine, and the crane-post and suspension-rod for suspendingsaid forward end of the plow-frame at the other side from said engine.

4. The combination, substantially as befor set forth, of the trussedhitching-beam, the

sleeve on a strut thereof, the draw-head for coupling a plow-beam tosaid sleeve, and the hand-lever for adjusting the sleeve on the strut.

5. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the trussedhitching-beam, the

sleeve on a strut thereof, the draw-head for coupling a plow beam tosaid sleeve, the elbow.

lever fulcrumed on the draw-head and carrying a gage-wheel, and thehand-lever connected with the sleeve as well as with the said elbowlever.

6. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of a plow hitchedto the hitchingbeam, the lifting rope or chain fastened at one end tothe plow-frame and provided with a stop-collar, the sheave-pulleys onthe hitched plow, and the guide-eye on the plow-beam.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR PENN EY.

\Vitnesses:

S. M. S'roLER, A. H. CAMPBELL.

